Darrin Goss: Coastal Community Foundation

September 27, 2016 – Our most recent message from nonprofit organizations in our region comes from Darrin Goss of the Coastal Community Foundation.  Goss, who is the President and CEO of the Coastal Community Foundation, has been on board for seven months and comes from serving as a leader in a number of nonprofit organizations across the country, most recently as President and CEO of the Capital Area United Way in Baton Rouge, Louisana.  He received his undergraduate degree from Wofford College, a masters from North Greenville University, and is a veteran of the United States Army.  In 2010 he participated in the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leadership Institute.  He is an avid golfer and is glad to be back in the Lowcountry after 27 years away.  

The CCF was founded, with the help of our own club, in 1974, and Goss used the biblical analogy of the house built upon a rock to explain how the strength of the CCF can be traced back to its origins.  He remarked how important it is for the CCF to remain strong, because it is the source of relief for our community when the storms of the world overtake us.  After Hurricane Hugo the CCF provided $3.7 million in assistance.  In 2007 when the Sofa Super Store fire devastated our fire-fighting community, the CCF was there, and last year when the winds of hate blew through Mother Emmanuel Church, again the CCF was there.  Goss says his task as President and CEO of the CCF it to ensure that the CCF is ready for the next storm, whatever it may be.   Continue reading “Darrin Goss: Coastal Community Foundation”